[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H647-H649]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 860. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain 
     jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for 
     trial, and to provide for Federal jurisdiction of certain 
     multiparty, multiforum civil actions; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GEKAS:
       H.R. 861. A bill to make technical amendments to section 10 
     of title 9, United States Code; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Reyes, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Shows, Mr. 
             Bonior, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
             Frank, Mr. Frost, Mr. Kleczka, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, and Ms. Baldwin):
       H.R. 862. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     add Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) to the list of diseases 
     presumed to be service-connected for veterans exposed to 
     certain herbicide agents; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Scott, Mr. Barr 
             of Georgia, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Keller, Mr. Meehan, and 
             Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 863. A bill to provide grants to ensure increased 
     accountability for juvenile offenders; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 864. A bill to restore the separation of powers 
     between the Congress and the President; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. BARRETT (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Frank, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Bonior, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Engel, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Rush, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 865. A bill to enhance the availability of capital and 
     credit for all citizens and communities, to ensure that 
     community reinvestment keeps pace as banks, securities firms, 
     and other financial service providers become affiliates as a 
     result of the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 866. A bill to prohibit the provision of financial 
     assistance by the Federal Government to any person who is 
     more than 60 days delinquent in the payment of any child 
     support obligation; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Ms. Hart):
       H.R. 867. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow employers a tax credit for hiring displaced 
     homemakers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Saxton, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Istook, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Tancredo, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Hastings 
             of Washington, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Stenholm, 
             Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Gordon, Mr. Baker, Mr. Shows, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Ney, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Foley, 
             and Mr. Shadegg):
       H.R. 868. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to ensure that the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services provides appropriate guidance to physicians, 
     providers of services, and ambulance providers that are 
     attempting to properly submit claims under the Medicare 
     Program and to ensure that the Secretary does not target 
     inadvertent billing errors; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
     each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
     the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H.R. 869. A bill to expand the Federal tax refund intercept 
     program to cover children who are not minors; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CLEMENT (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Frank, 
             Mr. Boucher, Mr. Filner, Mr. Kind, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Sandlin, and Mr. Duncan):
       H.R. 870. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula 
     for workers who attain age 65 in or after 1982 and to whom 
     applies the 15-year period of transition to the changes in 
     benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security 
     Amendment of 1977 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide 
     prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COLLINS:
       H.R. 871. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to phaseout the alternative minimum tax on individuals; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 872. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide individual and corporate income tax rate 
     reductions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 873. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide individual income tax rate reductions; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 874. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide individual income tax rate reductions and to 
     repeal the phaseouts of the deduction for personal exemptions 
     and of itemized deductions; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. Walsh, Mrs. Morella, and 
             Mr. Gutierrez):
       H.R. 875. A bill to declare as citizens of the United 
     States certain women who lost citizenship solely by reason of 
     marriage to an alien prior to September 22, 1922; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. Weller, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Portman, Mr. Ramstad, and 
             Mr. McCrery):
       H.R. 876. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity 
     produced from wind; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Kolbe, Mr. Latham, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Moore, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
             Saxton, Mr. Greenwood, Ms. Hart, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Pence, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Armey, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Clement, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Hefley, Mrs. Northup, and Mr. Gary Miller of 
             California):
       H.R. 877. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow small business employers a credit against income tax 
     for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in 
     highly skilled small business trades; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK:
       H.R. 878. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to restore the exclusion from gross income for damage awards 
     for emotional distress; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. McCarthy of 
             New York, Mr. Olver, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Tierney, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Baldacci, Mr. Costello, Mr. Paul, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Waxman, and Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 879. A bill to restore veterans tobacco-related 
     illness benefits as in effect before the enactment of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. HANSEN:
       H.R. 880. A bill to provide for the acquisition of property 
     in Washington County, Utah, for implementation of a desert 
     tortoise habitat conservation plan; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       H.R. 881. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit the issuance of a certificate for subminimum 
     wages for individuals with impaired vision or blindness; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       H.R. 882. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 883. A bill to preserve the sovereignty of the United 
     States over public lands and acquired lands owned by the 
     United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private 
     property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public 
     lands and acquired lands; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       H.R. 884. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit advanced refunding of private activity bonds with 
     governmental bonds under certain limited circumstances; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 885. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income certain scholarships related to 
     health professions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 886. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude umemployment compensation from gross income; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. Maloney 
             of New York, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Cooksey, Mr. Moakley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
             English, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Gilman, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Walsh, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Payne, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Capuano, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             Weiner, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mr. Baca, and Mr. Nadler):
       H.R. 887. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to require group health plans to provide coverage for 
     reconstructive surgery following mastectomy, consistent with 
     the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaFALCE (for himself, Mr. Weller, Mr. Frank, Mr. 
             Quinn, Mr. Sabo, Mrs. Biggert, and Ms. Lee):
       H.R. 888. A bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act to provide for renewals of grants for 
     permanent housing under the supportive housing program and 
     for shelter plus care assistance to be funded through section 
     8 rental assistance amounts made available under the Housing 
     Certificate Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. LANTOS:
       H.R. 889. A bill to require that, as a condition of 
     receiving salary, each United States

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     district judge must certify that certain cases before the 
     judge have not been pending and undetermined for more than 90 
     days after being submitted for decision; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 890. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     exempt amounts owed for prescription drugs and medical 
     supplies dispensed by Department of Veterans Affairs 
     pharmacies from otherwise applicable interest charges and 
     administrative cost charges imposed on indebtedness to the 
     United States resulting from the provision of medical care or 
     services by the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mrs. Morella, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mrs. Maloney 
             of New York, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Frank, and Mr. George Miller of 
             California):
       H.R. 891. A bill to prohibit the possession of a firearm by 
     an individual who has committed an act of juvenile 
     delinquency that would be a violent felony if committed by an 
     adult; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 892. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of 
     certain farmland the use of which is restricted in perpetuity 
     to use as farmland; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 893. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from estate taxes the value of certain farmland 
     the use of which is restricted in perpetuity to use as 
     farmland; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 894. A bill to provide compensation for injury and 
     property damages suffered by persons as a result of the 
     bombing attack by the United States on August 20, 1998 in 
     Khartoum, Sudan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 895. A bill to abolish the Advanced Technology 
     Program; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 896. A bill to ensure the safety of recreational 
     fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access 
     beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the 
     Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by 
     providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide 
     line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 897. A bill to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management 
     Act of 1972, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
             and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 898. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and 
     family therapist services under part B of the Medicare 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 899. A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and the Safe and Drug-
     Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to allow grants 
     received under such Acts to be used to establish and maintain 
     school safety hotlines; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. WATKINS:
       H.R. 900. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the exclusion of gain on sale of a principal 
     residence shall apply to certain farmland sold with the 
     principal residence; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATKINS:
       H.R. 901. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATKINS:
       H.R. 902. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide reimbursement under the Medicare 
     Program for all physicians' services furnished by doctors of 
     chiropractic within the scope of their license; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 903. A bill to establish a commission to review the 
     Federal Aviation Administration; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.J. Res. 27. A joint resolution to repeal the War Powers 
     Resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the 
     Constitution that Congress and not the President has the 
     power to declare war, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Armed Services, Rules, and the Judiciary, for a 
     period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
     case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to 
     full employment and balanced growth; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 29. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States regarding the right of 
     citizens of the United States to health care of equal high 
     quality; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 30. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to 
     decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 31. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States regarding the right of 
     all citizens of the United States to a public education of 
     equal high quality; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 32. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to equality of 
     rights and reproductive rights; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 33. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to 
     a clean, safe, and sustainable environment; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 34. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to taxing the 
     people of the United States progressively; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHROCK (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Scott, Mr. Putnam, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Jones 
             of North Carolina):
       H. Con. Res. 47. Concurrent resolution honoring the 21 
     members of the National Guard who were killed in the crash of 
     a National Guard aircraft on March 3, 2001, in south-central 
     Georgia; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H. Con. Res. 48. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress in reaffirming the United States of America 
     as a republic; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H. Con. Res. 49. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that the Treaty Power of the President does not 
     extend beyond the enumerated powers of the Federal 
     Government, but are limited by the Constitution, and any 
     exercise of such Executive Power inconsistent with the 
     Constitution shall be of no legal force or effect; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H. Con. Res. 50. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that there should be established a National 
     Athletic Training Month; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. WU:
       H. Con. Res. 51. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to 
     honor the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of 
     America; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LINDER:
       H. Res. 76. A resolution designating majority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. FROST:
       H. Res. 77. A resolution designating minority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. NEY:
       H. Res. 80. A resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on House Administration in the One Hundred 
     Seventh Congress; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H. Res. 81. A resolution to provide for the consideration 
     by the United States Court of Claims of a bill for 
     compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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